Emily Watson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1967-01-14 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Emily Watson
Biography
Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998).
Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), God's Creatures (2022), and Small Things like These (2024).
She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult. She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of Valya Harkonnen in the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy.
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Known For
Acting
Midday Sun
as Sarah
(2025)
The Legend of Ochi
as Dasha
(2025)
Hamnet
as Mary Shakespeare
(2024)
Small Things Like These
as Sister Mary
(2024)
Midas Man
as Queenie Epstein
(2022)
God's Creatures
as Aileen O'Hara
(2021)
Monster Family 2
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
(2018)
The Happy Prince
as Constance Wilde
(2018)
King Lear
as Regan
(2018)
On Chesil Beach
as Violet Ponting
(2018)
Weinstein
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
as Chief of Staff Fox
(2017)
Monster Family
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
(2015)
Everest
as Helen Wilton
(2015)
Little Boy
as Emma Busbee
(2015)
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Brittain
(2015)
A Royal Night Out
as Queen Elizabeth
(2015)
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Trinklebury
(2015)
The Dresser
as Her Ladyship
(2015)
A Song for Jenny
as Julie Nicholson
(2014)
The Theory of Everything
as Beryl Wilde
(2013)
The Book Thief
as Rosa Hubermann
(2013)
Belle
as Lady Mansfield
(2013)
Some Girl(s)
as Lindsay
(2012)
Anna Karenina
as Countess Lydia Ivanova
(2011)
War Horse
as Rose Narracott
(2011)
Meerkats 3D
as Narrator
(2010)
Cemetery Junction
as Mrs. Kendrick
(2010)
Oranges and Sunshine
as Margaret Humphreys
(2009)
Cold Souls
as Claire
(2009)
Within the Whirlwind
as Evgenia Ginzburg
(2008)
Synecdoche, New York
as Tammy
(2008)
Fireflies in the Garden
as Jane Lawrence
(2008)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
as Caroline Gil
(2007)
The Water Horse
as Anne MacMorrow
(2006)
Miss Potter
as Millie Warne
(2006)
Crusade in Jeans
as Mary Vega
(2005)
Corpse Bride
as Victoria Everglot (voice)
(2005)
The Proposition
as Martha Stanley
(2005)
Wah-Wah
as Ruby Compton
(2005)
Separate Lies
as Anne Manning
(2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Anne Sellers
(2003)
(2002)
Equilibrium
as Mary O'Brien
(2002)
Punch-Drunk Love
as Lena Leonard
(2002)
Red Dragon
as Reba McClane
(2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Elsie
(2000)
The Luzhin Defence
as Natalia Katkov
(2000)
Trixie
as Trixie Zurbo
(1999)
Angela's Ashes
as Angela McCourt
(1999)
Cradle Will Rock
as Olive Stanton
(1998)
Hilary and Jackie
as Jackie Du Pré
(1997)
The Boxer
as Maggie Hamill
(1997)
Metroland
as Marion
(1997)
The Mill on the Floss
as Maggie Tulliver
(1997)
(1996)
Breaking the Waves
as Bess McNeill
(1994)